[Zope] Queries about Zope

[Wilson, Derek]

Well, if you have CMF installed, create a CMF site. Staging is kind of
automatic. They submit documents, and the submitted documents can be
reviewed. What more do you want than that? The version control is kind
of built in with the 'undo' support... Look at ${portal_url}/undo_form
in your CMF site. If you want submitted documents to first be published
on a sort of "accessible only to logged in users" you can create a new
workflow state called "staging", and put it in as a state before being
published. Workflows are editable under "portal_workflow" of your CMF
site. You might need to add a new workflow. Any 'web configurable'
workflow should do.

Thanks,
Derek Wilson


-----Original Message-----
From: Adrien Driver [mailto:Adrien.Driver at infotech.monash.edu.au] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:06 PM
To: zope at zope.org
Subject: [Zope] Queries about Zope


Hi

I've just started evaluating Zope a few weeks ago to replace our 
school's old web site.   While the documentation is great I'm having 
trouble tracking down some pointers to the following:

1.  Setting up some type of version control.  I've installed 
ZopeVersionControl from http://cvs.zope.org/Products/ZopeVersionControl 
but can't figure out how to use it (it is installed as a product).  The 
help files not finished.

2.  Workflows - I need to implement workflows for editing approvals etc.

3.  Setting up a staging area and then publishing to a live version.  I 
read something about Zope "versions" and  I read somewhere to stay away 
from them.  I tried versions but again I had trouble getting them to 
work.  Is a staging -> live setup possible?  Is there a better
alternative?

I've installed the CMF (1.4.2).  I've even looked at Plone (after 
dropping down to CMF 1.3.3) but I don't want a portal setup, I'd like 
just a basic site which has version control, workflows and a type of 
staging/live arrangement.  I've installed the LDAPUserFolder product to 
control access to parts of the site as well as managing it.       

Can anyone point me to some information.  

Cheers

Adrien

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